HINDENBURG LINE.
BADLY BREACHED
(Received 9.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 27. Mr James, on the West front, repovts:— The American First Army under Maior-General Ligget attacked be'woen tho Mouse and the Aisne on •' twontv-mile front and smashed '■hrou'i'h the Hindenburg Line. Our iine now runs through Forges and Lie-Forest of Mantillos to the Meuse. The attack started at 5.30 a.m., after three hours of intense artillery preparation. The brunt of the attack in the centre fell on a corps composed of Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Missouri troops, who stormed Varennes, Mont Blinville, Vauquois, and Cheppy in the fact of most stubborn resistance by the Prussian Guards. Tanks aided brilliantly in the region of Varennes. Our airplanes held full supremacy throughout the advance, the American troops pressingforward beyond the old German defence lines." —A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 28 September 1918, Page 3
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